KARACHI: Directorate General of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) has appreciated the efforts of the officers on mega seizure at the Port Muhammad Bin Qasim in which four containers were detained last Wednesday, saving millions of rupees duty and taxes.
According to source, investigations against the heinous crime of mis-declaration has been deepened to arrest the mastermind of the case. On the other hand, the three officials involved in the case have taken bails from the court.
The sources informed Customs Today that the Directorate General of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) was receiving complain regarding mis-declaration and the non-duty paid items being imported through green channel.
Acting upon the complains, the officers of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) started watching the consignments being cleared through green channel during which a consignment was directed to be hold, informed the source.
The Customs officer at the Port Muhammad Bin Qasim also declared the consignment on the hold after citing the action of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) officers, the source also revealed.
The source further stated that before holding the consignment of the green channel the principal appraiser and appraiser of the Port Muhammad Bin Qasim informed the chief collector and the collector regarding the situation.
Now the matter has become bone of contention between the officers of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) and the officers of the Customs deployed at Port Muhammad Bin Qasim, sources said.
The chief collector and the collector have asked the three customs officers to continue their duties as per given task and the case will be handled by them, the source disclosed. Both the Customs Intelligence and Investigations (I&I) and the chief collector have started separate investigations into the case.
It is pertinent to mention here that the consignments being imported through green channel are exempted from examination. The four containers busted at Port Muhammad Bin Qasim were containing a huge quantity of non-duty paid clothes, mobile accessories, calculators, cosmetics and many other valuable items.
